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I'm aggregating three notices/requests for assistance. If you or someone you know can help, please contact the person directly. If you are working on a technical assistance project, touch base with these other ones to find areas of coopration and reduction of overlap. Some redundancy is good. Recreating the wheel ain't!

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Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2005 19:42:29 -0700
Subject: [drupal-devel] Disaster Relief: Projects we need help with
From: Kieran Lal
To: katrinadev@civicspacelabs.org

Hello, there are several efforts ongoing to provide technical assistance to the Relief Effort. For a general overview, read David Geilhufe blog here: http://blog.social-source.com

We have created a Katrina development list which you can subscribe to if you are reading this from a forwarded email: katrinadev-subscribe@civicspacelabs.org

I see several efforts going on. Let me list them in order of priority as I understand them and then you all can correct me.

1)schema/dictionary for missing person data. http://zesty.ca/katrina/- Lead Ping Yee and Jon Plax

2)Get an RSS standard. http://www.afallstardjs.com/test.xml -Jon Plax

3)Identify data sources: http://del.icio.us/tag/peoplefinder.
Volunteers needed to move this list: http://neworleansnetwork.org/
node/22 to the peoplefinder tag. John Lebowsky and Ethan Zuckerman. http://www.omidyar.net/group/katrinarefugee/news/0/

4)We need data: David NewBerger:thegeekguy@gmail.com and Tony Chang: tony@ponderer.org are working on crawlers. Crawlers should post their efforts here: http://www.omidyar.net/group/katrinarefugee/news/2/

5)Accomodation matcher. Michael Haggerty is coding away on modifying event finder to help. I have posted a accommodation spec here: http://neworleansnetwork.org/node/29

6)Remotely acquired data can be posted over HTTP POST to the New Orleans Network CiviCRM contact database. Dave Greenberg. http://neworleansnetwork.org/node/30

7)http://neworleansnetwork.org a Drupal/CivicSpace site with CiviCRM customized as a people finder application.

8)Chris Holland and Josh Kleinpeter are looking for a dedicated crawler that they can point at a list of people sites. If you have a search appliance you can donate some cycles to please contact them.

If you can please post to the katrinadev list and let us know what you can do.

Cheers,
Kieran

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From: katrina_relief@acm.org [mailto:katrina_relief@acm.org]
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 18:06
To: acm@bobf.frankston.com
Subject: Special Message on Katrina Relief Efforts

Dear ACM Member:

Over the last several days, the destructive effects of Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf region of the United States have become distressingly clear. We extend our sympathies to the countless people throughout the area who are experiencing loss and suffering, and to our ACM members in the affected states who have been touched by this tragedy.

The technology community is well-positioned to contribute its particular expertise to the devastation resulting from this storm. If you would like to join in this critical aid effort, we suggest two organizations aimed at applying technology to this urgent situation.

The Wireless Internet Service Providers Organization, known as PART-15.org, is working with the Federal Emergency management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reestablish internal communications and provide connectivity to those affected by Katrina. This organization offers opportunities to volunteer equipment, personnel or supplies, to donate funds, and to provide shelter relief services http://www.part-15.org/emergencyrelief/katrina.html.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's National Emergency Resource Registry http://www.swern.gov/ provides opportunities for those interested in donating communications-related expertise or equipment, including laptop or notebook computers and network construction and maintenance equipment.

If you know of any other organizations focusing on technology-related relief efforts that are accepting contributions, please forward this information, and we will post it on the ACM Home Page. For those interested in contributing to those organizations identified by FEMA for support of Katrina relief efforts, they are listed online at http://www.fema.gov/press/2005/katrinadonations.shtm.

As we reach out to help our fellow citizens in these trying times, we are keenly

aware of the strength of our community, the resources we possess, and the salvation that comes from lending support to those in need. Your comments and feedback to this effort are welcome.


Sincerely,

David Patterson

President

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We are preparing to set up a headquarters in the Federal Way area for the sheltering or up to 2,000 Hurricane Katrina evacuees. We are trying to get 15 pc’s donated, with MS Office software, DSL hook-up, and a server to connect them together. The emergency headquarters will be put together in an empty Target warehouse in Federal Way, and we will need an IT specialist would could volunteer their time and expertise to help us with our computer needs. Can you help us?

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